I have been considering training new coaches for a while and am now delighted to announce that I am now supporting Speakupchallenge with their excellent accredited coaching programs. Speak up is Europe’s number 1 Coaching Training and Community.  They unleash the top 1% of coaches who are unrivalled in their expertise. The International Coaching Challenge. Speak up offers an 8 day accredited coaching certification.  The Coach Challenge Course is designed specifically for people new to coaching and looking to begin their coaching career in the right way. It has been over 23 years sinc ..read more

I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded the title of ‘Leading Life Coach of the Year 2023 UK. This has been awarded by Corporate Vision – Small business awards 2023. I am well aware, that with my 23 years International experience,  I bring a wealth of expertise and leading edge techniques to all those I work with.  However, it is always nice to be recognised by a wider audience! Life Coaching Awards I have been fortunate enough to have received many awards for my Life Coaching and Confidence Coaching work. These include: Bronze Stevie Awards for: Mentor of the Year Coach ..read more

Many of you know that I started my journey to becoming a Cruise Ship guest speaker around 10 years ago.  Since that time, I have been engaged by many of the top Cruise companies including Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean and Princess Cruises. Being a guest speaker on a cruise is truly a passion of mine.  As someone who loves both travel and public speaking,  it it indeed my perfect combination!  Over the past 10 years, I have met some amazing people and visited many places on my bucket list. Speaker engagements for 2024 I am delighted that in 2024,  I have been engag ..read more

Over my 23 years as a Life and Confidence Coach,  I commonly assist clients resolve their lack of focus on Healthy relationships.   This means holding yourself responsible for choosing healthy relationships over past unhealthy relationships and experiences. When using the law of attraction, this also means focussing on who you wish to colloborate with in your life rather than the current reality. Well One  v’s Well Two. To illustrate the above,  lets think about two water wells or wishing wells. Well One. Well one is filled with your past relationships.   In ..read more

Late August I had the pleasure of being asked to be a guest speaker on the topic of Confidence for a wonderful group of women in Milton Keynes. The Corporate group, run by a large Milton Keynes organisation, is based upon the following principleas: R – Recognise Discussing things that affect women in the workplace, such as health (e.g., menopause, pregnancy and more). I – Inspire Celebrating each other’s successes and empowering women in the real estate industry. These events can help inspire people who are new in their careers and want to work their way up the ladder. S – Showc ..read more

Do you focus on what you want or…..what you don’t want? To assist you to train your thoughts in the right direction, lets use the simple analogy of two water wells. The first well has no water in it.  It is filled with thoughts, people, situations and feelings about your past.  This well is overflowing with  pain, people who have hurt you, situations that didn’t work out and feelings that just don’t feel good.  Well one is an upstream well! However, so many of us just keep focussing on this empty well.  We may ask questions such as: Why can’t this well give me what I ..read more

Reciprocal love is both being able to give and receive love fully.   In a relationship where love is reciprocated, each partner feels safe to express their own needs and the relationship is beneficial to both parties.  Feelings and effort are equally balanced and reciprocated. A common issue that I come across in my coaching sessions is clients are very comfortable with giving love, but may find it difficult to actually receive or believe they can have reciprocal love. Early blockages to receiving reciprocal love.  Our early family relationships  have a huge impact on ..read more

I was really delighted to be notified that my book ‘ The Confidence Coach’ has been selected for Kettering and Northamptonshire General hospital Leadership Book Club in March 2023. The Confidence Coach Book One of the questions I am often asked is ‘ Why did I write The Confidence Coach?.  So let me share a little about my personal journey into writing this book. I began my own journey into Life Coaching over 23 years ago.  Unlike other Life coaches,  I never wanted to specialise in areas such as Leadership, Health or Executive coaching.  Once qualified, I knew that Confiden ..read more

What is it like to be on the receiving end of you? Do you send ripples of acceptance, love and understanding to the people around you? Or do you feed people indifference, dismissiveness, unfairness and a lack of kindness? Take a few minutes to think about: How is your behaviour when you are stressed or under pressure? What is it like to be on the receiving end of you when you are busy? How do you treat people when you have a different point of view? Although we are not fully responsible to how people react to us,  it is good to reflect upon how your behaviour can impact other people aro ..read more

Do you often feel let down by others, feel unsupported or that nobody has your back? If so, this may be a  familiar ‘ rinse and repeat’ feeling for you in that you are just not used to getting your needs met. Getting your needs met by others During childhood, ideally we should have a caregiver who fulfils and is attuned to our human needs.  These needs include the following: Feeling loved Getting adequate support Someone you can rely on to be there for you Feeling appreciated Feeling approved of Ideally, the caretaker should be attuned  to our needs and forthcoming in ‘ giving ..read more